Wharfe walkers reach London and raise awareness and funds for clean river campaigns
TWO young Ilkley campaigners arrive at the House of Parliament today, having walked 265 miles from the source of the River Wharfe in Yorkshire all the way to London to raise awareness and funds for clean river campaigns. Along the way, Patrick Godden and Jack Hanson, both 27, have collected hundreds of kilos of litter from river banks and raised thousands of pounds to fund independent testing of their local river - the Wharfe at Ilkley - the first river in Britain to be given bathing water status. It attracts wild swimmers and hundreds of families to paddle, play and swim in summertime ...
Source: wharfedaleobserver.co.uk
